Tennis Tournaments held in 2014

When we say ‘tennis’, we actually mean ‘Lawn Tennis’ or the one that Roger Federer plays! It originated in the late 19^th C in England.

It has since seen a total transformation, and presently it is a very competitive and widely acknowledged sport in the world.

There are many tournaments held in various parts of the world all throughout the year; but they are known by different names and have different significance,
which is why you, me and I’m sure many other fellow students of bank exams find it slight irritating.

Let me make it a tad bit easier for you!

And what better way than to go all tables and rows and columns!

Sr	Name	Description	Type of court		Winners of 2014
A.	The Grand Slams (also known as the ‘Majors’)	There are 4 grand slams, played in four different countries. These 4 are the most important, famous and prestigious of all tennis tournaments.
(1)	Australian Open – The Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific	is the first grand slam of the year played in the last two weeks of January (13-26 January , 2014.) Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. Arenas: Rod Laver and Hisense Arena.	Hard court		Men’s Singles: Stanislas Wawrinka (Swz) Women’s Singles : Li Na (China); she’s announced her retirement on 19th Sept, 2014. Men’s Doubles: Lukas Kubot & Robert Lindstedt Women’s Doubles: Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci Mixed Doubles: Kristina Mladenovic & Daniel Nestor … and they defeated our own Sania Mirza & Horia Tecauv of Romania!
(2)	French Open – also famously known as the ‘Roland Garros’	Named after the French Aviator Roland Garros, is the second Grand Slam of the year, played in late May and early June (25 may – 8 june 2014) Venue: Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris. France. It is the most physically demanding Open because of the Clay court. Trivia: Raphael Nadal (Spain) has won French Open a record 9 times and is considered as the ‘King of Clay’!	Clay court or, the red court as the clay is of red colour!		Men’s Singles: Raphael Nadal (Spain) Women’s Singles: Maria Sharapova (Russia) Men’s Doubles: Julien Benneteau & Edouard Roger, both Frenchmen. Women’s Doubles: Hsieh Su-wei & Peng Shuai Mixed Doubles: Anna Lena Gronefeld & Jean Julien Roger.
(3)	Wimbledon – Also known as the ‘Championships’.	Is the oldest tennis tournament in the world – and the most prestigious. Played in London, it is the most awaited and sought after tournament by the players and spectators alike. It is the third Grand Slam of the year and played in June-July. (24 June – 7 July, 2014) Venue: The All England Lawn Tennis and Coquet Club, London. U.K. Trivia: Roger Federer ties with Pete Sampras(USA) and William Renshaw (U.K.) with the maximum number of wins at 7 titles.	Grass Court. (Grass courts were the original court type for tennis and hence the name ‘lawn tennis’.)		Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Women’s Singles: Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) Men’s Doubles: Vasek Pospisil & Jack Sock Women’s Doubles: Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci – their second Grand Slam of the year and both are Italian ladies! Mixed Doubles: Nenad Zimonjic & Samantha Stosur.
(4)	U.S. Open	Is the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year, played in August – September. (25 Aug – 8 Sept, 2014) Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre, New York City, New York. USA.	Hard Court		Men’s Singles: Marin Cilic (Croatia) Women’s Singles: Serena Williams (USA) Men’s Doubles: American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan. Women’s Doubles: Ekaterina Makarova Sara Errani & Elena Vesnina, both are Russian. Mixed Doubles: Sania Mirza & Bruno Soares (Brazil)! This is Sania’s first US Open title in mixed doubles and third Grand Slam title in the mixed doubles; she has won Aussie Open in 2009, French Open in 2012 – all in mixed doubles category.
B.	ATP – Association of Tennis Professionals	‘ATP World Tour Masters 1000’ is a series of 9 tennis tournaments – only for MEN! It concludes every year in November with the ‘ATP World Tours Final’, in London. These titles are commonly known as ‘Masters’. Trivia: Raphael Nadal (Spain) has the highest number of Singles Masters at 27. The Bryan brothers Bob and Mike have 32 Masters in doubles. And Novak Djokovic (Serbia) has won 8 out of the maximum 9 Masters.
C.	WTA – Women’s Tennis Association	Is the Women’s counterpart of the ATP and holds the WTA Tour, which has various tennis events named as ‘Premier Mandatory’ (which are four tournaments), ‘Premier 5’ (five tournaments) and other premier events for women professional tennis players. Some of the tennis tournaments are both included in the ATP and the WTA. Trivia: Serena Williams (USA) has won the maximum number of WTA titles at 20. And as a country Russia has won the maximum at 26 titles.
	Now for the ATPs and WTAs…I’ve tried to make it as simple as possible! The winners are of 2014.
	Name	ATP (Men)		WTA (Women)
	(1) Indian Wells Masters: also known as the BNP Paribas Open	Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan (USA)		Singles: Flavia Pennetta (Italy) Doubles: Hsieh Su-wei & Peng Shuai (Chinese Taipei and China respectively)
	(2) Miami Masters:	Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan (USA)		Singles: Serena Williams (USA) Doubles: Martina Hingis (Swz) & Sabine Lisicki(Germany)
	(3) Madrid Open	Singles: Raphael Nadal (Spain) Doubles: Daniel Nester & Nenad Zimonjic		Singles: Maria Sharapova (Russia) Doubles: Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci (both Italy)
	(4) Rome Masters or, The Italian Open	Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Doubles: Daniel Nester & Nenad Zimonjic		Singles: Serena Williams (USA) Doubles: Kveta Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik
	(5) Canada Masters or, Canada Open	Singles: Jo Wilfried Tsonga (France) Doubles: Alexander Peya & Bruno Soares		Singles: Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) Doubles: Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci
	(6) Cincinnati Masters or, Western and Southern Open	Singles: Roger Federer (Swz) Doubles: Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan (USA)		Singles: Serena Williams (USA) Doubles: Raquel Kops Jones & Abigail Spears (USA)
	(7) Monte Carlo Master	Singles: Stanislas Wawrinka (Swz) Doubles: Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan (USA)		Not for women
	(8) Shanghai Masters	Singles: Roger Federer (Swz) Doubles: Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan (USA)		Not for women
	(9) Paris Masters	Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Doubles: Doubles: Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan (USA)		Not for women
	With this the 9 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 comes to an end…the rest are other tournaments…in ATP/WTA.
	(10) WTA Finals	Not for men		Singles: Serena Williams (USA) Doubles: Cara Black & Sania Mirza (USA)
	(11) China Open	Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Doubles: Jean Julien Roger & Horia Tekau		Singles: Maria Sharapova (Russia) Doubles: Andrea Hlavackova & Peng Shuai
	(12) Kremlin Cup	Singles: Marin Cilic (Croatia) Doubles: Frantisek Cermak & Jiri Vesely		Singles: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) Doubles: Martina Hingis & Flavia Pennetta
	(13) Barcelona Open	Singles: Kei Nishikori (Japan) Doubles: Jesse Huta Galung & Stephane Robert		Not for women
	(14) Birmingham Open or, Aegon Classic	Not for men		Singles: Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) Doubles: Raquel Kops Jones & Abigail Spears (USA)
	(15) Dubai Duty Free Championships	Singles: Roger Federer (Swz) Doubles: Rohan Bopanna (India)& Aisam ul-Haq Quereshi (Pak) A unique Indo-Pak winning tie!		Singles: Venus Williams (USA) Doubles: Alla Kudryavsteva & Anastasia Radionova
	Readers please note, there are many more Tennis Tournaments, other than the ones listed above. The ones I have listed are the popular ones and one should commonly have the knowledge of these . But speaking from SBI Associates and IBPS Clerical Point of view – knowing all and remembering all is a tough ask; so, try to remember these and specially know all tournaments held immediately before your exam date/month! You’ll find those in the monthly digest that I provide every month.

As of now this is it…I’ll have another one up shortly in the second/third week of November, before the SBI Associates PO, with the latest and most current updates and current World Rankings.